Yummy Pumpkin Recipes

I love pumpkin. I love it for any reason, and for anything. Well maybe not plain, but put it into any recipe, and I’m there! So, for the last week, I have been making anything pumpkin I can. The extra good news is that we have recently been able to find cream cheese here, which is an extra special treat!

Here are my very favorite recipes!

Pumpkin Bars

This recipe is from one of my dear co-workers, Kathy. Don’t tell, but I have been known to eat one for breakfast. {ahem}

Grease a cookie sheet and line with wax paper (and grease the wax paper too). Bake at 375 for approx. 18 minutes on the middle rack in the oven, watching to make sure it doesn’t burn. It will be thin.
When done let cool, and then turn out onto a tea towel.

Well, Monica, you know our very favorite pumpkin recipe is your pumpkin pie recipe, but since it’s your recipe I couldn’t put it on here! Pumpkin scones sound awesome!! My friend made some for me on the day of my blog launch.

Ashley!!!! You are my new best friend! I am so going to make this!! Thank you for sharing! YUM! You know I love my coffee!

Karla

Hi Joy~thanks for sharing!! Totally love pumpkin too! A month ago when the weather started feeling like fall my oldest daughter was begging for pumpkin bread. I buy pumpkin at Costco because it is a better deal and they finally put it out a couple weeks ago. The recipe I use allows me with some leftover pumpkin that I either scoop into our pancake mix or I use it for a crepe filling~so yummy. Have a great weekend:)

Joy

Oh Karla, that sounds so yummy, pumpkin in crepes or pancakes…yum! I need to try that! I wish I had a Costco to buy pumpkin. But, it isn’t as hard as I thought to actually cook up a pumpkin.

http://www.laytonfamilyjoy.blogspot.com/ steflayton

yea – this is how long I’ve been reading your blog – pumpkin bars, got that from you before and brought them to a prayer group meeting. They were delish … except for my hair in the frosting. DOOT !!

Joy

That’s awesome. You always make me laugh, and yes, you are the only one so far that noticed this was a re-post. As I get older my hair is falling out more (am I going bald?!), and I have to be careful about getting my hair in stuff! Nothing is more disgusting than finding hair in food, ugh!

http://twitter.com/jenilee220 Jenilee Goodwin

They all sounds wonderful! I love pumpkin and I even have some fresh pumpkin to use… might have to try that roll!

Joy

Yes, I love the pumpkin roll recipe. I could eat a whole one myself! Let me know if you make it!

http://joyfulheartsandfaces6.blogspot.com/ Charlotte

Thanks for sharing these recipes…..I want to try the Pumpkin Bars very soon!

Joy

You are welcome Charlotte! I’m thinking I need to make a batch of the pumpkin bars today too!

Rebecca

I made the pumpkin bars last night in lieu of a birthday cake for my husband. My in-laws are here and we all enjoyed them last night after dinner and again this morning for breakfast. Easy and wonderful, my favorite kind of recipe.

Joy

Yay! I’m glad you like it. My favorite is to eat a piece for breakfast with my coffee.

Gconard

We love pumpkin at our house too. This year we have a hugh pumpkin crop in the graden so I am looking for more recipes, I copied down a few of yours:) One of our favorites is pumpkin dinner rolls… beautiful color and so moist, I will post the recipe on my blog soon. I am enjoying your blog, we had read your family blog for awhile, we are MAF supporters and my husband has it marked:)
Thanks for sharing,
Gayly
www (dot) quilt-n-mama (dot) blogspot.com

Joy

Hi Gayly!
Thanks for commenting and letting me know about yourself a bit! I have never heard of pumpkin dinner rolls, but they sound amazing! Will you let me know when you post it on your blog?! I want to try them!

Lisa Pearson

Hi joy. Nice to meet you. I am visiting from our friend, janelle’s post on Facebook! We love pumpkin, too. Your recipes look delicious and easy. Thank you for sharing them. Hope you are having a quiet Sunday evening!

Hi Joy, I found myself here after following a friends status on Facebook I am about to add you to my bookmarks list, you blog about everything I am thinking about and struggling with!! But please can you tell me how you prepare your pumpkin. We don’t really get tinned pumpkin in the UK but can get fresh pumpkin easily so I’d love to know what state it is in when it reaches your recipe (boiled, mashed, uncooked???)
Thank you
Lindsay

Joy

Lindsay, Sure! I’d be happy to help! I just buy a regular pumpkin from the market, cut it into about 4 pieces and put it on a baking sheet in the over with a little bit of water underneath. Then, after it’s cooked about an hour I pull out the pulp and then strain it to get all the grainy stuff out of it. So, I guess, baked and mashed? Does that help?! Let me know if you have more questions! BTW, I LOVE the UK! Spent a year in school in England. Can’t wait to go back one day!

Lindsay

That’s great, thankyou. We are hosting a parents and babies party soon for Nov 5th (Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night) and I might just make one of these recipes Looking forward to following your blog in the future.